Category: Fun Fact Friday

Discover weekly Fun Fact Friday insights from Andrew Bacon at The Bacon Partners, your trusted Colorado Springs real estate expert with The Platinum Group, Realtors. Every Friday, I share bite-sized fun facts about the Colorado Springs housing market, national real estate trends, local stats from neighborhoods like Northgate, Briargate, Peyton, and Fountain, and quirky tidbits to keep things light. From mortgage rate surprises and home affordability data to Pikes Peak region specifics like radon risks or military relocation perks, these posts blend education with entertainment.

Whether you’re buying, selling, or just curious about Colorado Springs real estate, my fun facts highlight key market updates—like median home prices around $450K-$480K in 2026 or inventory trends from Pikes Peak MLS. Originally sent to our email subscribers, we archive them here for easy access and to build a resource hub for anyone searching Colorado Springs housing fun facts or real estate insights.

Subscribe for direct delivery to your inbox, or browse my archive for past gems. As a local Realtor with nearly a decade of experience, I aim to make real estate approachable and trustworthy. Questions on these facts or your next move? Contact me today!

Keywords: Colorado Springs real estate fun facts, housing market insights Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak real estate trends.

Fun Fact Friday ✈️ 2/2/2024

Hey Friends, I’ve got 4 fun facts and my weekly quote to share with you today. Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1: The median price of a new home sold in the US is now 17% lower than its peak in October 2022 (from $496,800 to $413,200). After the last housing bubble peak the median new […]

Fun Fact Friday ⛽️ 1/26/2024

Hey Friends, I’ve got 4 fun facts and my weekly quote to share with you today. Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1: US gasoline prices have moved down $3.07/gallon (national average), their lowest levels since June 2021. Source: AAA (GasPrices.AAA.com) Fun Fact 2: Fewer US existing homes are selling today than at any point since 2010. […]

Fun Fact Friday 🤖 1/19/2024

Hey Friends, I’ve got 3 fun facts and my weekly quote to share with you today. Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1: Here’s our Market Snapshot from this past December. (Click/tap the photo to see larger size.) Source: The Platinum Group, Realtors; PPAR MLS Data Fun Fact 2: More than 9 in 10 mortgage holders have […]

Fun Fact Friday 🍿 1/12/2024

Hey Friends, I’ve got 6 fun facts and my weekly quote to share with you today. Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1: The consumer price index is cumulatively up 19% since the start of 2020. (Under normal conditions where the Fed meets their inflation target of 2% per year, it would instead be up by approximately […]

Fun Fact Friday 🎆 1/5/2024

Hey Friends, Happy New Year! I wanted to take a minute to look back on this past year with 5 fun facts and a longer quote than usual. Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1: Credit card interest rates hit a record high of 21.19% last year. Source: Charlie Bilello Fun Fact 2: Home prices did not […]

Fun Fact Friday 💍 12/29/2023

As we wrap up 2023, I’ve got 7 fun facts and my weekly quote to share with you today. I hope you have a Safe and Happy New Year and here’s to a prosperous 2024! Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1: On this day 17 years ago, Brooke and I got married. Look how young we […]

Fun Fact Friday 🎄 12/22/2023

Hey Friends, I’ve got 5 fun facts and my weekly quote to share with you today. Merry Christmas! Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer developed as a marketing ploy. Santa’s most famous reindeer got his start in 1939, when a writer for the Montgomery Ward department store used Rudolph to boost profits […]

Fun Fact Friday ☃️ 12/15/2023

Hey Friends, I’ve got 4 fun facts and my weekly quote to share with you today. Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1: National interest rates have slowly come down in the last 30 days. Source: OBMMI, Optimalblue Fun Fact 2: Redfin predicts that home prices will fall in 2024. Source: Redfin economics team; NAR Fun Fact […]

Fun Fact Friday 📉 12/8/2023

Hey Friends, I’ve got 3 fun facts and my weekly quote to share with you today. Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1: US housing affordability is worse today than the peak of the last housing bubble. The median American household would need to spend 44.7% of their income to afford the median priced home, a record […]

Fun Fact Friday 🛏️ 12/1/2023

Hey Friends, Welcome to December! Now you can officially decorate for the holidays without anyone getting angry. 😉 I’ve got 5 fun facts and my weekly quote to share with you today. Have a great weekend! Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1: 34% of US households today have 2 or more spare bedrooms, up from 13% […]